Almost every painter with evidence for specialization also has a high attribution rate, whereas low productivity is typical of the painters who spent part of their time potting. The evidence for potting is assessed for more than 60 painters to determine which of the modes they resemble. An ethnographically based model predicts two primary modes of activity: specialized painters who were hired by master potters, and painters who also regularly threw their own vases. However, several less productive painters have markedly lower attribution rates. Each painter has approximately the same “attribution rate,” the average number of known vases per year of activity.
It reveals a pattern for more than 40 of the most prolific vase painters. This article investigates the population of the Attic vase-painting industry during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.E.
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